PZAZZ! Pumpkin Carving for Charity to Donate $5000 Cash Prizes to Local Charities
BURLINGTON, IOWA - Entertainment Complex is donating $5000 in cash prizes to local charities in the first annual PZAZZ! Pumpkin Carving for Charity event held Sunday, October 14.

UPDATE - Thirteen participating teams arrived with tools and plans in hand to compete on Sunday, October 14. After a pumpkin carving demonstration by award-winning ice carver Terry Reis at noon, the pumpkin 'guts' flew as teams set to work on their own designs.

The finished products feature a wide variety of decorating concepts, including illuminated cutouts, surface carving, paint and props. The uniquely carved pumpkins will be on display through October 31 in the main foyer of Catfish Bend Casino.

Participating Charity Teams:

PAWS No-kill Pet Shelter (Ft. Madison)

Friends of Community Field (Burlington)

Farmers Merchants Community Foundation (Burlington)

Relay for Life Team Think Pink (Mediapolis)

West Point Fireworks Committee (West Point)

Des Moines County Historical Society (Burlington)

Hope Haven Area Development Center (West Burlington)

Boy Scout Troop 25 (Burlington)

Burlington Notre Dame Foundation (Burlington)

Animal Angels (Mediapolis)

North Lee County Historical Society (Ft. Madison)

Generations Area Agency on Aging (Ft. Madison)

ACS Relay For Life Team Noanner's Persevering Pink Flamingos (Danville)